The finest hours : the true story of a heroic sea rescue
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Published
New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Status
Westover - Kids Nonfiction
J 363.12381 TOUGI
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J 363.12381 TOUGI
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Published
New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
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Book
Physical Desc
95 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
und
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General Note
"An illustrated chapter book adaptation The finest hours: the true story of the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue" -- Cover.
Description
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split in two, leaving the dozens of men on board utterly at the Atlantic's mercy. The Finest Hours is the true story of the valiant attempt to rescue the souls huddling inside the broken halves of the two ships. Coast Guard cutters raced to the aid of those on the Fort Mercer, and when it became apparent that the halves of the Pendleton were in danger of capsizing, the Guard sent out two thirty-six-foot lifeboats as well. These wooden boats, manned by only four seamen, were dwarfed by the enormous seventy-foot seas. As the tiny rescue vessels set out from the coast of Cape Cod, the men aboard were all fully aware that they were embarking on what could easily become a suicide mission.
Target Audience
Ages 6-9.,Henry Holt and Company.
Subjects
LC Subjects
CG36500 (Lifeboat) -- Juvenile literature.
Fort Mercer (Tanker) -- Juvenile literature.
Junior literature.
Pendleton (Tanker) -- Juvenile literature.
Search and rescue operations -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwreck survival -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Chatham -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Fort Mercer (Tanker) -- Juvenile literature.
Junior literature.
Pendleton (Tanker) -- Juvenile literature.
Search and rescue operations -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwreck survival -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Chatham -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tougias, M., Sherman, C., & Geyer, M. (2021). The finest hours: the true story of a heroic sea rescue (First edition.). Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tougias, Mike, 1955-, Casey Sherman and Mark, Geyer. 2021. The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue. Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tougias, Mike, 1955-, Casey Sherman and Mark, Geyer. The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tougias, Mike, Casey Sherman, and Mark Geyer. The Finest Hours: The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue First edition., Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
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